EF1 tornado in Macon County, Illinois
Tornado April 18, 2024 · Macon County, Illinois
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Logan County → Logan County → Macon County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The tornado began in Logan County, about 1.5 miles south-southeast of Latham. It progressed east into Macon County, entering the county at the intersection of 2400th Avenue and Heman Street, about 1.75 miles south-southwest of Heman. The tornado uprooted softwood and hardwood trees along 2400th Avenue, which is the county line between Logan and Macon counties. As the tornado progressed east along Heman Street it produced extensive damage to several outbuildings, including knocking down several walls and throwing debris for a mile downstream. The tornado snapped some trees and damaged an outbuilding on 500E Road before dissipating a few hundred yards east of there.
The wider storm
A slow moving frontal system aided the development of supercell thunderstorms by mid-afternoon, which eventually grew upscale into a line segment as they progressed across central and southeastern Illinois during the evening. A total of four tornadoes occurred across Logan and Macon counties in central Illinois. One injury occurred in Logan County when a semi-truck was blown over by one of the tornadoes. In addition to the tornadoes, scattered wind damage also occurred.
Began near Heman (39.9470, -89.1437).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1166922. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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